Pad or tree-protector.



PATENTBD APR. 19,1904.

G; 5. BROWN. PAD 0R TREE PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATI ON FILED DBO. 18. 1903.

.NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. BROWN, OF SELMA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO J. H.WRIGHT, JR., OF SELMA, CALIFORNIA.

PAD OR TREE-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 757,437, dated April19, 1904. Application filed December 18, 1903. Serial No. 185,716. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Selma, in the county of Fresno and State of California, haveinvented anew and useful Pad or Tree-Protector, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to a tree pad or protector.

The object of the present invention is to pro- ,vide asimple,-inexpensive, and eflicient device adapted when a tree is tied upwith a rope or wire to be interposed between such rope or wire and thelimbs to prevent the former from cutting into and injuring the latter.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter adapted to be readily applied to a rope or wire and capable ofsliding or moving thereon, whereby itmay be readily arranged in properposition for protecting a limb.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pad or protector capableof being'applied to awire or rope after the same has been placed arounda tree for supporting the limbs thereof and adapted to engage such wireor rope, whereby it iseifectively prevented from accidentally slippingfrom under the same.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope ofthe appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the pad orprotector applied to Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of.

a tree. the tree pad or protector. Fig. 3 is an edge view showing thesame applied to a wire. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of thesame, the wire being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is an elevation ofthe tree pad or protector, the parts being arranged as illustrated inFig.

8. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of portions of the tree pad orprotector, illustrating the construction of the transverse wire-engagingtongues.

1 designates a tree pad or protector con-.

ward, as clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, to presentbeveled or angularlydisposed side faces for preventing the pad orprotector from cutting the bark of a tree.

The tree pad or protector is especially designed to be applied to atree, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the limbs being tied upby an encircling wire 4: for supporting the same to prevent them frombreaking down when loaded with fruit. The device, however, is adapted tobe applied to ornamental trees and plants to prevent a wire, rope, orthe like from injuring the same.

The pad or protector is applied to a tree after the limbs have been tiedup, and it is retained 'on the encircling wire by a pair oftransversely-disposed tongues 5, struck from the plate or body of thepad or protector and formed by parallel slits 0r cuts connected at oneend, the partially-severed metal being bent outward and being adapted tobe bent around the wire or rope, as clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 7 Anydesired number of tongues may be provided; but two will be found ample,and they are preferably located adjacent to the ends of the plate, asshown. The corners 6 of the plate are bent outward slightly to provideprojecting portions, which are arranged in pairs at the ends of the pad'or protector and which are located at opposite sides of the wire,whereby the pad or protector is effectively prevented from slippingupward or downward. The wire lies in the intervening space or groovebetween the pro jecting corner portions, which cooperate with thetransversely-disposed tongues for retaining the pad or protector on thewire.

The tree pad or protector besides preventing the wire or cord fromcutting into a limb also presents a broad rounded bearing-face to thesame, whereby the limb is prevented from breaking.

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive inconstruction, that it is capable of being readily applied to a tree, andthatthe means for securing it to a wire or other flexible connectionpermit it to slide on such wire and at the same time prevent it fromslipping upward or downward.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tree pad or protector designed to be interposed between a limb andan encircling flexible connection, said tree-pad being curved to presenta concaved face to the limb and provided with transversely disposedexteriorly arranged tongues for engaging the flexible connection,substantially as described.

2. A tree pad or protector designed to be interposed between a limb, andan encircling flexible connection to prevent the latter from cuttinginto the limb, said tree pad or protector being provided withatransversely-disposed tongue for engaging the. flexible connection, andhaving projections at opposite sides of the latter to prevent the treepad or protector from slipping, substantially as described.

3. A tree pad or protector designed to be interposed between a limb, andan encircling flexible connection to prevent the latter from cuttinginto the limb, said tree pad or protector being provided with atransversely-disposed tongue for engaging the flexible connection, andhaving its corners bent outward to form projecting portions,substantially as described.

4:. A tree pad or protector designed to be interposed between a limb,and an encircling flexible connection to prevent the latter from cuttinginto the limb, said tree pad or protector consisting of a curved plateprovided with transverse tongues for engaging the.

flexible connection, and having the corners at each end bent outward toprovide opposite projecting portions, substantially as described. p v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. BROWN.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. RORDEN, E. P. TODD.

